NULL pointer dereference in libarchive - CVE-2018-1000879
Published: December 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16728
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000879
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libarchive
Affected software:
libarchive
libarchive
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in ACL parser - libarchive/archive_acl.c, archive_acl_from_text_l(). A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted RAR archive and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000879
Install update from vendor's website.